Complete Theory of Poker: The Bastardized version of the pr0crast 2+2 Anthology, taken from 6max.nl

I. Background

a. Common Lingo and Abbreviations

b. Basic Theory: Expected Value by matrix

c. How to Put It All Together and be a Winning Player by MikeyPatriot

d. Where does the money come from? by dbitel & Isura

e. Control by quarkncover

f. When to move up: confidence & skill by BalugaWhale

II. Strategy

a. Fundamentals

i. 6 Max fundamentals for SSNL players by Tien

ii. Loose Aggressive Play by BalugaWhale

iii. What matters, what doesn’t by cbloom

iv. A Framework For Poker Study by LearnedfromTV

v. The ABC’s of betting in NL by various

vi. How to use Poker Tracker by Pokey

b. Pre-flop

i. Why raise 4xBB + 1BB per limper? by various

ii. Basic Theory – Raising Preflop (a discussion) by matrix128

iii. Raising For Information by BobboFitos

iv. AK vs. a reraise by various

v. The 5/10 Rule by various

vi. Advice on playing SCs from an MSNLer by DJ Sensei

vii. Isolate against the fish very frequently by whitelime

viii. Raising small PPs UTG by various

ix. Some interesting but common preflop situations (reverse implied odds, etc) by john kane

x. You should open-limp…NOT by RichChed

c. 3-betting

i. Some 3bet situations by n1nj4.br

ii. uNL Concept of the Week #2: 3-betting light by dbitel

iii. Why 3bet preflop with hands like AJ? by various

iv. Discussion on 3betting with AK

d. C-betting

i. Continuation Betting pt. 1 by MYNAMEIZGREG

ii. Why am I C-betting again? by bilbo-san

iii. Should I CB? A quiz. by ajmargarine

iv. Continuation Betting by the machine

v. More cbet theory and discussion by various

vi. When DON’T you c-bet? by various

vii. Continuation Bet Article by FreakDaddy

viii. C-betting 101: Creating a Positive Return by absoludicrous

ix. Another spot not to c-bet by Mercman572

e. Blinds

i. Blind Stealing by Pokey

ii. Blind Stealing pt. 2: Punishing Limpers by dbitel

iii. Theory: Play From the Blinds by various

iv. General Question on Big Blind Defense by various

v. How To Play From the Small Blind by various

vi. Stats Discussion: Defending Blinds by various

vii. Small Blind Completion Ranges by various

viii. Completing from the SB with any two suited is a HUGE leak by Keyser_Soze_

ix.

f. Position

i. Playing junk from late position by tannenj

ii. Playing Out Of Position by epdaws

iii. Positional Advantage by Pokey

iv. A Textbook Case of Playing TPTK OOP by various

v. The Importance of Position by various

vi. Interesting new line for playing 2nd pair OOP by dbitel

vii. Playing a draw OOP by various

viii. Playing AK OOP by various

ix. Playing TPTK in position by DJ Sensei et al

g. Floating

i. uNL Concept of the Week #1: Floating by EMcWilliams

ii. Theory question: floating… by various

iii. Why float? by various

iv. Some floating examples by djoyce003

v. Floating in SSNL by ata et al

vi. Definition of floating by various

vii. Floating in RR’ed pots by orange

viii. If you are going to float, bet like a man! (3/4 to pot) by various

ix. A classic floating hand by Big_Jim

x. OOP floats are a bad idea by various

h. Blocking

i. Is this where we use a blocking bet? by various

ii. Raising a blocking bet by various

iii. On blocking bet sizing by kurto

iv. This is not a blocking bet by cwar

v. Slap me around like a $1 ho by mosuavea

vi. More on blocking bets by various

i. Pot Control

i. uNL Concept of the Week #3: Pot Control by EMcWilliams

ii. Pot Control MSNL Theory Discussion by various

iii. AQs flops TP2k by ImsaKidd

iv. Pot control… or is it? (note b0on’s range post) by dbitel et al

v. The myth of pot control (a theory) by dbitel

vi. A Post On Pot Control OOP Takes An Unexpected Turn by various

j. Fold Equity

i. PSA: On Fold Equity by The Grunch

ii. BEHOLD, the importance of fold equity by ThePortuguee

iii. Pushing, Fold Equity, and +EV vs +++EV by various

iv. Calling instead of pushing when you have no FE (see teamdonkey’s reply) by various

v. Thinking about EV/FE the right way – OESFD vs TPTK example by dbitel

vi. How NOT To Play a Double Draw by various

k. Image

i. Mentality, Image, and Changing Gears by Tien

ii. Putting Tansik’s bullshit to good use by EMcWilliams

l. Bluffing

i. Bluffing Essay by ThePortuguee

ii. The Art of the Semi-bluff by mason55 et al

m. Value

i. Getting it in by poincaraux

ii. C/R vs. b/3b by dbitel

iii. How to extract value at 25nl by kurto

iv. Essay on betting the turn vs. betting the river by Requin

v. uNL Concept of the Week #4: Valuebetting by EMcWilliams

vi. Very very rarely is slowplaying correct by whitelime

n. Implied Odds

i. uNL Concept of the Week #5: Reverse Implied Odds by EMcWilliams

ii. Suited Connectors, Implied Odds, and You by goofyballer et al

iii. Overestimating Implied Odds by Tickner

iv. Deep Stacks, Implied odds, Preflop Play and more by fimbulwinter

o. Hand reading, etc

i. Hand Ranges and Multiple Level Thinking by Mercman572

ii. Valuable Reads by djoyce003

iii. A side note to the fundamental theorem of poker by dbitel

iv. Hand Reading 101: AK

v. Macro and micro levels of thinking by amoeba

p. Misc Hands

i. KK – Save the $ or burn it? by orange

ii. Playing TT OOP on a Q high board by various

iii. The Grunch Theorem + discussion on AhAc vs KK on KhJh4h board by various

iv. JJJ in a raised pot — good place for a check raise by various

q. General

i. Avoid Difficult Decisions by The Grunch

ii. Most valuable notes to take by Pokey

iii. The so-called Baluga Theorem by BalugaWhale

iv. The Baluga Theorem in Action by various

v. Common actions and why we take them by EMcWilliams

vi. Tips for multitabling by EMcWilliams

vii. Optimal Small Stakes NL Strategy by Pokey

viii. Opening Up Your Eyes and Your Game by AJFenix

ix. Isura makes some very valid points on when to reload

x. Things to note in the absence of reads by kaz2107

xi. Slowplaying is almost never correct… except in this hand by various

xii. Understanding ranges and not being results oriented by dbitel

xiii. Small PPs: Moving Beyond Set Mining by AZplaya

xiv. The “Stop and Go” move explained by various

xv. Addressing two big SSNL questions by Pokey

xvi. Game selection, identifying fish, etc by whitelime

xvii. Beating multitabling TAGs by various

xviii. The Your Story thread by various

xix.

r. The Well (learn from successful online players’ wisdom/experience/mistakes)

i. aba20 summary

ii. 4_2_it summary

iii. dbitel summary

iv. ahnuld summary

v. cts summary

vi. El Diablo summary

vii. kitaristi0

viii. Jamougha

ix. tufat23

x. EMcWilliams

xi. yvesaint

xii. mosuavea

xiii. Clayton

xiv. BalugaWhale

xv. Pokey

xvi. JKratzer

xvii. Orange

xviii. theBruiser500

xix. goofyballer

III. Psychology

a. Dealing with a downswing by AZplaya

b. % chance to break even over 20k hand stretch by Pokey

c. Variance, Tilt, Ego, and SSNL by lmw

d. WAIT! By Pokey

e. The biggest mistake you can make when “moving up” by Pokey

f. How Do Non-Rational Players Succeed in Poker? by ZeeJustin

g. Winner’s Tilt & Loser’s Tilt by beavens

h. The Harsh Reality of Downswings by BadMongo

IV. Other

a. SSNL Videos compiled by 4 _2_it

b. Posting Advice for 2+2 by Vammakala

c. Fix your redline woes by SameRiverTwice

d. boywonder on winning poker by boywonder